"C. E. White" > wrote in message
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> "¥ UltraMan ¥" > wrote in message
> ...
>> sinister wrote:
>>> Because of the layout of our street, I often turn my car around using
>>> the neighbor's driveway.
>>
>> Trespassing.
>>
>>>
>>> The neighbor apparently isn't happy with this. Instead of politely
>>> expressing her desire I not use her driveway to turn my car around, he
>>> behaved in an extremely uncivil fashion.
>>
>> You are trespassing.
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Which raises the following question: does a homeowner have a right
>>> not to allow you to pull into their driveway with the purpose of
>>> turning around?
>>
>> Just how pig-ignorant are you?
>>
>>>
>>> In my case, I'm using very little of her driveway to do so. (Meaning
>>> the front of my car never gets past the sidewalk in front of the
>>> property.)
>>
>> What part of Trespassing don't you comprehend?
>>
>>>
>>> TIA
>
> It might depend on how far into the driveway you pull. For my old house,
> my property line was inside the edge of the sidewalk. The city's right of
> way therefore extended at least four feet from the edge of the street.


Good point. Where I live, if there was a sidewalk, the closest edge of it
would be at least 10 feet from my property line. I suspect that the
neighbor is getting upset about someone using public property to turn around
in. -Dave